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Word: Amok
Speech Type: Adverb
Etymology:
mid 17th century: via Portuguese amouco, from Malay amok ‘rushing in a frenzy’. Early use was as a noun denoting a person in a homicidal frenzy
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈmɒk
Dialects: British English
Variant Forms:
- amuck
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